composed of: ha= instrument for, t'al split bark
common noun. cedar bark strips prepared for weaving
Hat'alm amg̱a̱n hoy gyet wilt dzaba gwissg̱a̱n. People use cedar bark strips to make mat coats.
![Cora Robinson is folding and bending a length of hat'al to loosen the layers for thinning. Photograph by Margaret Anderson missing: ../jpgs/4tsm-wmn/cora1.jpg](../jpgs/4tsm-wmn/cora1.jpg)
Cora Robinson is folding and bending a length of hat'al to loosen the layers for thinning. Photograph by Margaret Anderson
![Cora Robinson preparing hat'al. Photograph by Margaret Anderson 1980. missing: ../jpgs/4tsm-wmn/cora3.jpg](../jpgs/4tsm-wmn/cora3.jpg)
Cora Robinson preparing hat'al. Photograph by Margaret Anderson 1980.
![Photograph taken by Margaret Seguin (Anderson). missing: ../jpgs/h/bark.jpg](../jpgs/h/bark.jpg)
Photograph taken by Margaret Seguin (Anderson).